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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Pearl V. Briggs: Birth: 28 DEC 1889 in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Death: 18 JAN 1969 in Napa State Hospital, Napa Co., California

  2. John Alvin Briggs: Birth: 1890 in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Death: ABT 1891 in Ainsworth Nebraska (10 months old)

  3. Elizabeth Inez Briggs: Birth: 09 MAY 1896 in Spalding, Nez Perce Co., Idaho. Death: 28 MAR 1957 in Butte Co., California

  4. Wilmer Arthur Briggs: Birth: 12 MAR 1899 in Spalding, Nez Perce Co., Idaho. Death: 16 JUL 1981 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon

  5. Lester Loraine Briggs: Birth: 03 JAN 1902 in Coquille, Coos Co., Oregon. Death: 24 FEB 1956 in Durham, Butte Co., California

  6. John Franklin Briggs: Birth: 28 JUL 1904 in Coquille, Coos Co., Oregon. Death: 21 JAN 1998 in Corning, Tehama, California, United States of America


Sources
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Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Red Bluff, Tehama, California; Roll: T625_150; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 144; Image: .
Author:   Ancestry.com
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Notes
a. Note:   1930 census:
 (Durham, Butte Co., California, ED 4-16, Sh. 11-A)
 Briggs, Viola L., Head, F, W, 59, Widowed, married age 20, b. NE, fa. b. TN, mo. b. IN
 ", Lester, Son, M, W, 27, Single, b. OR, fa. b. IL, mo. b. NE, Farmer
 ", John F., Son, M, W, 25, Single, b. OR, fa. b. IL, mo. b. NE, Farmer
 ", Robert E., Son, M, W, 13, Single, b. OR, fa. b. IL, mo. b. NE, (Robert is actually the son of Pearl (Briggs) Zevely).
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 Viola was a mother and a housewife.
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 Her obituary follows:
 Viola Briggs of Durham Dies at Home at Age 90
 Mrs. Viola Luella Briggs died at her home in Durham Wednesday evening at the age of 90. She was born in Freemont, Neb. on August 14, 1865, and came to California in 1917.
 She and her husband John Levi Briggs, made their home in Red Bluff until 1925 when they moved to Durham where Mr. Briggs engaged in almond ranching. He died in 1930 (actually 1929).
 Mrs. Briggs leaves 4 children, Mrs. Bessie I. Sharp, Lester and John Briggs, all of Durham, and Rev. Wilmer A. Briggs of Tillamook, Ore.; 21 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral arrangements are being completed by the Brusie Funeral Home, and time of services will be announced later.
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 FUNERAL MEMORIAL CARD: "In Loving Memory of Viola Luella Briggs, born Nebraska August 14, 1865; Entered Into Rest September 14, 1955; Services at The Brusie Funeral Home Tuesday, September 20, 1955, at 1:00 p.m.; Rev. Jack Parks, officiating; Mrs. Jack Parks, soloist; Mrs. L. M. Anderson, organist; Casket Bearers: Joe Briggs, Fred Briggs, Bob Zevely, Jimmie Briggs, Johnnie Briggs, Carlyle Briggs; Interment Chico Cemetery." Courtesy of the Ryon Family of Nelson, provided by Rian Farley.
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 Viola was buried at Chico Cemetery, Chico, Butte Co., California (section 7, row R-12, lot 713).


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